It is possible that the bad diskette may have damaged the head mechanism on
the floppy drive. If that is the case, you will be damaging any diskettes
that you insert into that drive. It is not practical to repair a floppy
drive these days because they have become so inexpensive. However, I have
also seen floppy drives act bad because of a label or something else having
become stuck inside. In that case, you may carefully open the drive case,
usually a lift off thin metal cover, and check for any foreign object.

Good luck.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I have a 3/12 floppy A: drive that was damaged when
> I inserted a defective diskette in. It stared making
> a grinding sound.  It was working fine
> until then. Now it will not read any files or even format
> the diskette. Will it have to replaced, or can it be repaired.
> What part could be causing the trouble. Is there any
> adjustment that can be made
>
> Mark

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